A Hoppy Easter Treat

I love sending little treats for my kids' classes even though my daughter is in middle school and there are just too many classmates to really do it for anymore. 

For Easter I made this cute and simple bunnies filled with a few Easter candies.

They were super simple to cut on my Silhouette and mass produce assembly line style.

I added a little touch of pink ink to the cheeks and some highlights to the pink ears and nose then added "Hoppy Easter" to each.

Using staples to seal them up made the process quick.

I plan on using the same pattern and concept for carrot treat boxes!

Catching up on a sunny Saturday

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It seems Ike when the sun comes out I should be outside, but a little secret, I hate yard work. I don't like gardening or pulling weeds but I love paper flowers! 

So on this beautiful sunny Saturday I opened up the doors, let the sun shine in and worked in a kit from The Button Farm that was sitting unopened in my stash.

It features beautiful fun papers from My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart collection. The sunny yellows and teals we're just perfect for pictures from a beach vacation from a few years back for our daughter's birthday.

Halloween Scrapping!

This week I started working on Halloween photos and dug into the fun brights of Bella Blvd collections!

I love the combo of orange and green and purple in these fun papers! I added some flowers with rhinestone centers to embellish as well as some pearl swirls.

And another sketch that I made for these photos...

Happy Times

Here is one last layout from The Paper Loft's Funkysaurus line and our dino filled corn maze adventure!

Once again, the focus is on a multi photo two page layout using 4x6 photos. This sketch could even feature six photos of an additional photo was used instead of a journaling card!

I took so many photos this day and with these multi page layouts I'm happy I was able to preserve so many moments.

Hunting Dinos

Another day, another layout, and another featuring The Paper Loft's Funkysaurus line.  

While typically I try to stay away from symmetry, it worked well to get six photos on this layout and I like that it copies the shape of the volcano.

The Big Dig

With the popularity of Instagram, 4X4 photos are just as common now as 4X6 photos. While I typically reserve printing in the 4X4 size for my Instagram photos, I find trimming my 4X6 photos to this size is not only appealing, but allows me to fit more photos on a layout. 

This sketch takes advantage of that size which allowed me to fit six photos on one layout!

This sketch uses true symmetry to create balance as each page mirrors the other. This is useful too when you find a one page sketch you like but want to create a two page layout. Mirroring the page is a quick and easy way to alter a sketch to your needs!

I again used The Paper Loft Funkysaurus line for more pictures from our dinosaur corn maze adventure!

A layout and a sketch

I am a big fan of sketches and have acquired quite the collection. I find them useful when I have a creative block and need a jumping off point. I also find that if I take them to a crop, I get so much more done since I can be chatting with friends and following the sketch at the same time.
As part of my crafting goals, I thought I would start documenting my own sketches and sharing them with the layouts I've been creating.

My first sketch is a simple layout that focuses on fitting multiple photos on a layout, in this case five 4x6 photos. By using large pieces of background paper, you don't hide the fun patterns! 

I'm super excited to create some more sketches for both myself and to share!

New Year's Intentions!

With the new year one month in, I've been very successful in getting some crafting time in each day, even if only for half an hour.

The benefits have not only been getting more of my photos in my books, but I find intentionally setting aside some time for me each day is rewarding and puts me in a relaxed mood.

It also made me so happy to look at my photos from the recent season and I actually have scrapped all my Halloween season photos! 

This one, featuring The Paper Loft was a page from a Dino themed corn maze. The Funkysaurus Collection was a perfect fit!

A Truly Scrumptious Recipe Book

Welcome to another stop on the CardMaker and The Paper Loft Blog Hop! 

Today the CardMaker Designers and The Paper Loft Designers will be showing you some wonderful projects featuring papers from The Paper Loft. 

Today I'm sharing a fun mini album I made using The Paper Loft papers!

One of our favorite parts of summer is the wonderful foods that we share with friends and family! We try new flavors, sample seasonal fruit, and grill fun treats!
This year I wanted a way to document those recipes so we'll remember to try them again.
I made a keepsake recipe book using The Paper Loft Truly Scrumptious collection.The pastel papers are perfect for girl pages, spring and summer themes, and for here, sweet treats!

I used a pattern for a waterfall album with a pocket on the front page. The pocket will hold recipe cards and the flaps will feature pictures of the fun and fruity foods we've tried over the summer!

Thanks for visiting my blog! Make sure and comment on each of the blogs in the hop! One winner will be randomly chosen to win a $25 Gift Certificate from The Paper Loft!  The winner will be chosen on August 31^st at 9pm CT and announced on The Paper Loft Blog on September 1st. 

Blog Hop List:

CardMaker Blog
Jeanne Streiff

Theresa Momber

Vicki Garrett
Anna Wight
Piali Biswas
Debbie Seyer
Jeanne Jachna
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Kelli Hull

Noelle McAdams
Lori Iwanowski
Mae Nazareth

Alicia O’Bryant
The Paper Loft

Island Sun Mini Album

I love doing mini albums for events like Christmas and vacations so I was super excited to find out The Paper Loft had chipboard albums! The heavy weight chipboard is easy to work with and makes a great foundation for a mini album.
Since we took tons of pictures on our vacation to Hawaii, the newest Paper Loft line, Island Sun, was just perfect for this album!

The cover, to which I added a cut out embellishment, flowers with button centers, and fussy cut starfish from the same paper.

The cover of my album was inspired by this month's sketch at The Paper Loft:

The wonderful cut out embellishments were great additions to the pages with the beach theme!

I love the starfish papers that is the same as the cover and the cute coordinating title piece, "a walk along the beach".

The pages are large enough to add 4X6 photos and on this spread I cut them down a bit and fit multiple photos!

The realistic shell and sand paper were perfect for the Hawaii pictures!

The plaids coordinated perfectly with the patterns!

I added bunches of fun ribbon to the binder rings!

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Black and White and Add Some Color

I love black and white with one other color and this month, About a Boy Scrapbook Challenges blog and About a Girl Scrapbook Challenges blog each hosted a challenge to use black and white and one other color.
For About a Boy, I used a sketch from Sketch N Scrap...

And for About A Girl I used a sketch from My Scraps & More...

Jet Setter

This month, the first challenge over at Scrap Our Stash was to create a travel themed layout using a premade travel embellishment as well as travel signage. This was perfect timing since I'm busy scrapping pictures from our trip to Hawaii!
I created this layout, Jet Setter, using fun photos from Simple Stories.

Plane Fun

For the month of August, Rochelle Spears blog challenge was to create a travel themed page. I used some great shots of Jack at the airport watching planes from the airport window.

This was combined with GrandDiva's Creative Corner sketch challenge using the following sketch:

...as well as Kristi B's recipe challenge using stripes, wood, and mixed alphas.

Night Photos

This past Four of July we played with the camera to get some fun pictures with sparklers! We each stood very still while slowly (or if you're a kid, quickly) drawing pictures with the sparklers while the lens was open on the camera. We loved how some of the pictures  came out!

I used Sketch N Scrap sketch #38 for inspiration for my layout...